Celebrate Decade Of Activism At DC JwJ Cabaret

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

DC Jobs With Justice started in 2001 as a small grouping of labor unions and community members supporting organizing by parking garage attendants. Over the last decade, DC JwJ has blossomed into a broad-based coalition of 40-plus groups that cuts across all sectors of the labor movement. This Friday, DC JwJ will celebrate a decade of activism at a Winter Cabaret, complete with hand dancing lessons, the Scrooge of the Year announcement -- cast your vote here -- Scroogedriver cocktails, homemade deserts and with music by DJ Stankfoot. Working in solidarity, through direct action, DC JwJ has helped tens of thousands of workers organize unions and win fair contracts; pushed through Inclusionary Zoning, a DC Living Wage and Paid Sick and Safe Days legislation to ensure good jobs and affordable housing for DC residents; directly organized low-income contingent workers to defend their rights and get back tens of thousands of dollars in back-wages and most recently, succeeded in making DC the first place in the country to reject the “Secure Communities” program, a dangerous collaboration between local police and immigration authorities. Cabaret tickets are $10-25 sliding scale. Purchase tickets online or contact DC JwJ at rcastel@dclaborarchives.org or 202-974-8281. - photo by Adam Wright